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How to Synergize Hwei with Tahm Kench on the Same TeamHwei is in the b tier of champions

Hwei with Tahm Kench

How to Win With Hwei and Tahm Kench Paired TogetherHwei is in the s tier of champions
Mage
SupportTank

How to Synergize Hwei and Tahm Kench

based on 3,806 Hwei with Tahm Kench pairs
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
2.34
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Hwei has gone into battle with Tahm Kench in 3806 recent, ranked matches. By pooling so much relevant data directly from the publishers of League, we are completely sure that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Hwei play with Tahm Kench. It is relatively rare for Hwei to play with Tahm Kench as allies. This has only occurred in about 2.1% of matches with Hwei.

Hwei Tahm Kench Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Hwei does a below average job of fighting on the same side as Tahm Kench. Typically, they wins an acceptable 48.6% of the time the champions appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Hwei when playing alongside Tahm Kench by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Hwei vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Hwei Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassHorizon FocusMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Hwei to level upq
>
Second ability for Hwei to level upe
>
Last skill for Hwei to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Hwei's passive ability p
Hwei's q ability q
Hwei's w ability w
Hwei's e ability e
Hwei's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Hwei and Tahm Kench

Tips for Playing as Hwei with Tahm Kench

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

Advice to Understand How Tahm Kench Will Play

Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!

Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.

Hwei Tahm Kench Synergy Stats

Hwei Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Tahm Kench Image
5.7
< Kills >
5.4
6.1
< Deaths >
6.2
8.6
< Assists >
8.7
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
146
< Minions Killed >
142
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.45
991
< Physical Damage >
967
22,187
< Magic Damage >
21,847
548
< True Damage >
559
23,727
< Damage Dealt >
23,374
18,786
< Damage Taken >
18,866
11,017
< Gold Earned >
10,950
1.94
< Towers >
1.84
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,751
< Total Healing >
1,707
13,654
< Experience >
13,651
25
< Vision Score >
27
12
< Wards Placed >
13
584
< Time Dealing CC >
571

How to Play with Tahm Kench as Hwei in LoL

The Hwei Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Hwei sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Tahm Kench. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Tahm Kench helps Hwei perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Hwei is an ally to Tahm Kench, they sees a marginal improvement in their total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Tahm Kench provides cover for them to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Hwei is played alongside Tahm Kench on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Tahm Kench. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Tahm Kench.

Additionally, when Hwei plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, they on average takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Tahm Kench does a decent job of covering Hwei during teamfights.

Synergies between Hwei and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Hwei
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Hwei
Tahm Kench

Is Hwei better when played alongside Tahm Kench?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Hwei that will always be their best ally. Yet, Tahm Kench is a pretty good companion for Hwei. By locking into the same team as Hwei, he improves their win rate by 2.6% to 48.6%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important bond between Hwei and Tahm Kench that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Tahm Kench has a much lower diffuclty than Hwei. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Tahm Kench comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by grouping Hwei and Tahm Kench together, you will not be providing your other teammates very much attack damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Tahm Kench ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Hwei Players

How We Calculated Our Hwei Tahm Kench Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Hwei and Tahm Kench, we analyzed 3,806 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Hwei with Tahm Kench comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Hwei in order to pair well with Tahm Kench during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to get in your Hwei and Tahm Kench synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Hwei incorporated at least these three finished items in their build, they did much better when fighting alongside Tahm Kench than with most other common item sets. In fact, Hwei had an average win rate of 48.6% when playing alongside Tahm Kench with this build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Gathering Storm, and Manaflow Band runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Tahm Kench with Hwei are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.